Bangladesh
Towards organic litchi
Pheromone traps installed on litchi trees could get rid of the worries lovers of this seasonal fruit have each time they peel off the juicy fruits and gulp them.
Growers in Dinajpur, renowned for their extraordinary litchis, routinely spray pesticides in their orchards to protect litchis from pests. And they are not known for following best practices while spraying.
9 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Toxic gas kills 3 workers
Three workers of a salt industry died and seven others were injured after inhaling toxic gas inside a septic tank at Fatullah in Narayanganj
9 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Cabinet okays draft law on prevention
The cabinet yesterday approved a proposed law aiming at preventing and controlling communicable diseases in the country.
9 May 2016, 18:00 PM
EC seeks more action to check polls violence
As violence continued with each phase of the Union Parishad polls gone by, the Election Commission has asked the home ministry to
9 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Australia relaxes ban on freight from Bangladesh
Four and a half months after imposing a ban on freight to Australia from Bangladesh, the country of the southern hemisphere
9 May 2016, 18:00 PM
How Pakistan reacted over war criminals’ punishment
Every time an execution of a war criminal took place in Bangladesh, the Pakistan government came up with “questionable comments” on the issue, which is Bangladesh’s internal matter.
9 May 2016, 15:07 PM
Man stabbed dead in Satkhira
A young man is stabbed to death and two others injured in Basantapur area of Kalaroa upazilla of Satkhira.
9 May 2016, 14:12 PM
College admission begins May 26
Online application process for admissions to class XI will begin in colleges on May 26 and continue till June 9.
9 May 2016, 13:30 PM
Security beefed up at Dhaka jail
Security in and around the Dhaka Central Jail, where death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami has been kept, was strengthened this afternoon.
9 May 2016, 12:46 PM
Kamrangirchar power house fire doused
A fire that broke out at a power house in Kamrangirchar area of Dhaka this evening has been doused after an hour.
9 May 2016, 12:26 PM
Bangladesh, US and India to fight terrorism jointly: Bernicat
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat says the US, Bangladesh and India will join efforts in countering violent extremism and terrorism.
9 May 2016, 10:45 AM
Transmittable diseases: Jail proposed for not undergoing test
Government approves a draft law with a provision of jail term and fine for a person who is affected with transmitted disease but does not undergo medical detection procedure.
9 May 2016, 10:07 AM
Statement on Nizami verdict: Bangladesh govt hands Pakistan envoy protest letter
Foreign ministry hands ‘strongly-worded’ protest letter to Pakistan envoy in protest against the country’s statement on Supreme Court verdict dismissing the review plea of condemned war criminal and Jamaat leader Nizami. Bangladesh terms the May 6 Pakistan statement "unacceptable".
9 May 2016, 08:58 AM
War crimes: Verdict read out to Nizami at Dhaka jail
Hours after Supreme Court released its full verdict dismissing condemned war criminal Nizami’s review plea, authorities of Dhaka jail, where he had been kept, reads out the verdict to him.
9 May 2016, 08:28 AM
Mominul Haque, Soumya Sarkar score big as Prime Doleshwar, Abahani suffer defeats
In the highest scoring match of the day, Victoria Sporting Club pile up 270 for 3 on the back of Mominul Haque’s maiden ton in the ongoing DPL after Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club captain Farhad Reza elected to field first at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah.
9 May 2016, 07:31 AM
ICT indicts 2 Kishoreganj men
A tribunal in Dhaka frames six charges against two persons of Kishoreganj for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
9 May 2016, 06:23 AM
Demand to hike budget for migrants, their families
Activists have demanded that the government increase budgetary allocation for migrants and their families in the upcoming national budget of 2016-17.
9 May 2016, 06:04 AM
India's foreign secy to visit Dhaka Wednesday
India's Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will arrive in Dhaka on Wednesday on a two-day official visit to meet the government high officials to discuss Bangladesh’s security and other bilateral issues.
9 May 2016, 05:39 AM
65-day fishing ban in EEZ from May 20
To conserve and boost marine fish stock, the government this year has decided to impose a ban on fishing by
8 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Girl abused in classroom
Two Chhatra League men forced all the students out of a classroom except for one girl, shut the door and allegedly abused her verbally and physically.
8 May 2016, 18:00 PM